Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoPhones are handheld computers now. Why aren't laptops phones? I know you can use VoIP or tether to a phone, but why don't laptops have LTE or 5G modules and SIM card slots as a standard?message-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down18
arrow-up198arrow-down1message-squarePhones are handheld computers now. Why aren't laptops phones? I know you can use VoIP or tether to a phone, but why don't laptops have LTE or 5G modules and SIM card slots as a standard?Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoBecause not all use cases call for it. If you are working in a city with wifi everywhere you don’t need a LTE module. If you are a mobile worker like a field tech thn it makes more sense to have an LTE module. At the ISP I worked at we did that. Office monkeys has laptops with no LTE while us field engineers did have LTE modules.
Because not all use cases call for it.
If you are working in a city with wifi everywhere you don’t need a LTE module.
If you are a mobile worker like a field tech thn it makes more sense to have an LTE module.
At the ISP I worked at we did that. Office monkeys has laptops with no LTE while us field engineers did have LTE modules.